What’s so good about Good Friday? This question deals with what Jesus of Nazareth accomplished over 2000 thousand years ago on Calvary’s bloody cross. On that hill far away, the Son of righteousness fully satisfied God’s justice and love. Since its inception, the Church has celebrated the grueling, horrific death of an innocent man who by virtue of his ontological status (His nature as the God/Man) secured rescue from God’s just white hot wrath toward rebels born of Adam.

But how can this be good? One could argue, and many have, that this act was unjust, cruel, and an act of child abuse (i.e., the heavenly Father sent his one unique Son to die for those who hate God). Who would ever treat their own sons and daughters in such a way by ordaining them to be brutally murdered by the Jews and the Romans on Calvary’s cross?

God did. He’s the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who makes covenant with His chosen ones and does nothing wrong. He’s the God who sets the standards of what is true, beautiful and good. He’s the God of creation who spoke the worlds into existence out of nothing, sustains its order, and is taking history into a glorious reality never before known or imagined. To read the full article, click on What’s so good about Good Friday?